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  • more snake oil

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    Trump, selling a new kind of snake oil at tonight’s press briefing: The other thing that we bought a tremendous amount of is the hydroxychloroquine, hydroxychloroquine, which I think, as you know, it’s a great malaria drug; it’s worked unbelievably; it’s a powerful drug on malaria and there are signs that it works on this,… Read.

  • snake oil

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    Trump, selling snake oil at yesterday’s press briefing: Last Saturday the FDA also gave emergency authorization for hydroxychloroquine and, the hydroxychloroquine is a, I hope it’s going to be a very important answer; we’re having some very good things happening with it, and we’re going to be distributing it through the strategic national stockpile; it’s… Read.

  • the end

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    This is how the conclusion of Trump’s prepared remarks for yesterday’s press briefing were scripted: I want to thank the American people most of all for the selfless sacrifices that they are making for our nation, and I want to encourage everyone to keep following our guidelines on slowing the spread. Sustaining this war effort… Read.

  • jhu update 9

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    From the Johns Hopkins live map, updated at 6:26 am: There were 1,216,422 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the world and 65,711 deaths. In the U.S. there were 312,245 confirmed cases, twenty-six percent of the world’s total and 33,787 more than this time yesterday. The U.S. accounted for 8,503 deaths from COVID-19, thirteen percent of… Read.

  • jhu update 8

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    From the Johns Hopkins live map, updated at 5:52 am: There were 1,131,713 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the world and 59,884 deaths. In the U.S. there were 278,458 confirmed cases, twenty-five percent of the world’s total and 32,885 more than this time yesterday. The U.S. accounted for 7,159 deaths from COVID-19, twelve percent of… Read.

  • fingernails

    I had that dream where I was back in a college class, the teacher was discussing the final exam, and I had no idea what was going on. It wasn’t the dream I usually have, where I show up in class for the first time but it turns out they’ve been holding class for weeks… Read.

  • jhu update 7

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    From the Johns Hopkins live map, updated at 5:02 am: There were 1,026,974 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the world and 53,975 deaths. In the U.S. there were 245,573 confirmed cases, twenty-four percent of the world’s total and 28,851 more than this time yesterday. The U.S. accounted for 6,058 deaths from COVID-19, more than eleven… Read.

  • jhu update 6

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    From the Johns Hopkins live map, updated at 5:21 pm: There were 1,011,490 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the world and 52,863 deaths. In the U.S. there were 242,182 confirmed cases, more than one-quarter of the world’s total and 28,810 more than this time yesterday. The U.S. accounted for 5,850 deaths from COVID-19, about eleven… Read.

  • reporting for duty

    I dreamed it was my birthday. I got two things: My dad gave me an electric car, and the US Air Force recalled me to active duty. So I got into my new electric car at oh dark thirty and drove to the nearest air force base, which looked a lot like Buckley (I was… Read.

  • jhu update 5

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    From the Johns Hopkins live map, updated at 4:21 am: There were 941,949 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the world and 47,522 deaths. In the U.S. there were 216,722 confirmed cases, almost one-quarter of the world’s total and 27,089 more than this time yesterday. The U.S. accounted for 5,137 deaths from COVID-19, about eleven percent… Read.

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